onychia

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /əʊˈnɪki.ə/ === Etymology 1 === From New Latin, from onych- +‎ -ia; compare onyx. ==== Noun ==== onychia (countable and uncountable, plural onychias) An infection of the nailbed, which more or less always also involves the nail itself (sometimes causing the nail to slough off). Synonym: onychitis Hypernyms: onychopathy, onychosis < disease < condition Coordinate terms: paronychia, perionychia Near-synonym: whitlow ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== ==== References ==== “onychia”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. === Etymology 2 === From New Latin; by surface analysis, onychi(um) +‎ -a. ==== Noun ==== onychia plural of onychium ===== Related terms =====